Girlfriend's Fortune

Chapter 103 Chapter 102: Buying Watermelon

Chapter 103 Chapter [-]: Buying Watermelon
When Zhang Lihua came back, she knew that she would be working with Song Qiu from tomorrow onwards, and she would no longer have to do housework, so she was very happy.

It's just that when he heard that Song Qiu was going to pay him twenty cents a day, he couldn't help but worry.

"Aqiu, at most one penny per bowl is enough for selling tea, and twenty pennies is hard to earn. You paid me twenty pennies, so what else do you earn?"

Don't earn these [-] Wen in a day of hard work, then she is guilty.

"If you earn something, you earn something. Why are you worrying so much? I'm really afraid that I'll lose money. I'll work harder every day and let me earn more money!" Song Qiu laughed.

When Zhang Lihua heard it, she slapped her chest, "No problem, I promise to do more!"

……

Liu Caigui and his two sons stepped up to work, and it still took two days to deliver all the finished tables and benches.

Not much was done, a total of six square tables, one with four benches.

After the table was delivered, Song Qiu paid the wages. The wood used for this table was all from the mountains, not very good wood. In addition, the workmanship was simple. Together with the labor cost, Liu Caigui didn't charge much. It was better than giving it to others. A lot cheaper.

Song Qiu moved the table to try his strength, and it wasn't heavy, so it was easy to move.

After deciding to start work tomorrow, Song Qiu took Zhang Lihua to make preparations in the afternoon.

First, the lid of the clay pot was lifted, and a smell of wine came out. Song Qiu was overjoyed, and then saw that the rice grains were soft and docile, and it was done.

The boiling water in the pot was poured in along the hole in the middle until the clay pot was almost filled and the rice grains were covered.

Song Qiu put the pot aside.

Then boil the water in the pot, and start to make the cold shrimp, which will be easy to use tomorrow.

Zhang Lihua lit a fire in front of the stove, while taking out the burnt wood pieces and covering them in the rotten jar next to them, letting the wood pieces evaporate and turning into charcoal, a small stove is easy to use.

On the first day of tomorrow, Song Qiu didn't plan to make too much cold shrimp. If he made two pots, it would be enough to sell thirty or forty bowls.

If you make too much, if there is any leftover, you can't finish it yourself.

For now, her tea stand only plans to sell a few items. Song Qiu took the time to carve small characters on the bamboo sign with a knife, just like the ice drink stand, for people to use as a reference to see the price.

There are not many things, one piece of mint herbal tea, one penny per person, enough to drink.

Iced mung bean soup, one penny and one bamboo tube.

Then there is ice fermented glutinous rice, a bowl of three Wenqian, cold shrimp, and a bowl of Sanwenqian.

There is also ice watermelon, five cents a piece, well, it is two cents more expensive than the ones sold in the town, but she has to go to Xiao's farm to pull watermelons in the middle of the night, and she has to go so far to pull ice cubes, so it is a disadvantage if they are sold cheap.

Not long after it got dark, Song Qiu washed up and went to bed, and after a night of sleep, he got up around Yin time, got into a mule cart, and planned to go to town.

In the nearby yard, Zhang Lihua came over in the dark, "Aqiu, I'm with you, I have a companion."

Zhang Lihua is taller and stronger than Song Qiu, with her following her, old Yuan should feel at ease, and she told Zhang Lihua specifically yesterday.

When two people are together, they feel more courageous in the dark.

Song Qiu drove the mule cart to the town with Zhang Lihua.

He set off at Yinshi, non-stop all the way, and when he arrived at the town, it happened to be a quarter of a century.

In summer, the dawn is early, and it is already bright at this point. When we arrive at Changxingfang, the ice workshop has not yet opened.

Song Qiu had no choice but to knock on the door.

The concierge who opened the door yawned and saw that there were two little girls who wanted to buy ice so early, so he didn't say anything, and went to report to the steward.

Naturally, the chief steward did not come so early.

The little steward didn't know Song Qiu, and when he heard that he wanted to buy ice, it was a matter of business, "Twenty cents a piece, do you know the market price? How much does the little girl want?"

Song Qiu had already asked last time, a piece of ice is quite big, one piece can be used for most of the day, so Song Qiu doesn't plan to buy more, one piece a day is enough.

"A piece."

Hearing that there was only one piece, the little steward yawned and asked the man to fetch ice cubes from the ice cellar.

Soon, the ice cubes were brought back, and the assistant put them directly into the ice mirror brought by Song Qiu, and told Song Qiu how to store them, and put them in the interlayer. Can be put for a long time.

Song Qiu saw that the piece of ice was really big, and it would take a long time to completely melt if it was left outside like this.

One day is enough.

After paying twenty Wen, Song Qiu drove the mule cart out of the town without stopping, and turned onto the path going west, heading for Xiao's farm.

Ten miles away, I will arrive at the beginning of Chenshi.

As soon as they entered the Xiao's market, Song Qiu didn't need to ask anyone, there were watermelons for sale at the entrance of the market.

Now is the time when the watermelons come out, and the watermelons on the stand are all very big, and they grow very well. Just by looking at the lines, you can tell that the red meat is red and the juice is sweet.

This is the original ecological watermelon, not like the oxytocin in the later generations.

"Sell watermelons, sell watermelons!" Gua Nong, wearing a straw hat, yelled when he saw someone.

Song Qiu stepped forward, "Master, is it the watermelon from Xiao's orchard?"

The uncle grinned, "The watermelon sold in Xiao's farm is not from the Xiao's orchard? In our area, only the Xiao's orchard can grow this kind of watermelon! Little girl, why don't you buy one? It costs six cents a catty. Not expensive!"

Six cents?
Song Qiu couldn't help saying: "I heard people say that you can buy it for four Wen a catty, sir, why are you selling this for six Wen a catty? Is it really from Xiao's orchard?"

When the old man heard that he was approached by someone who knew the market, he had no choice but to laugh and say, "This episode is still five or six miles away from the Xiao's orchard! Naturally, it is four or five liters to buy in the Xiao's orchard. It’s common sense to pay a penny to pull it so far, isn’t it?”

It turned out that they bought the goods and sold them, not the first-hand ones.

Song Qiu hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Then I'd better go to Xiao's orchard to buy it. I'm also in business. Of course, I can only make money by getting the cheapest."

"That's the reason." The uncle is not surprised, they are all in business, who doesn't want to save money?

He put it here to buy it for some passers-by who rarely go to Xiao's orchard again, and don't care about it.

Song Qiu drove the ox cart and continued on.

In this direction, turn off from the small road later and go back to the village.

Sure enough, after walking about five miles forward, I saw a big sign with the words Xiao's Orchard engraved on it.

From a distance, you can see the orchards, the vines are green inside, and you can see the watermelons lying quietly on the vines one by one.

This orchard is full of watermelons!

Someone with a straw hat stood guard at the intersection into the orchard, and built a thatched shed. There were watermelons piled inside, so there was no need to go further inside.

"Little girl, how about buying watermelons? The watermelons in our Xiao's orchard are sweet and fragrant. They are absolutely delicious. They were all picked just this morning. They are all ripe. They cost five cents a catty. Little girl, you can buy one." ?”

As soon as the straw hat man saw Song Qiu and Zhang Lihua getting off the mule cart and approaching, he warmly greeted them.

"Five Wen a catty? Didn't it mean four Wen a catty?" Song Qiu asked.

The straw hat man pointed to another pile of watermelons that looked smaller and were useless, and said: "These are four cents a catty, if you want me to say it's better to buy five cents a catty, just add one penny, meat. Sweet and juicy, it is guaranteed that every cut will be a good melon!"

(End of this chapter)

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